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In reply to the discussion: Is it time for a red flag number when it comes to ammunition? [View all]shadowrider
(4,941 posts)25. We're not sure at this point what kind of explosives they are. C4 would have gotten
the attention of law enforcement. It may be bombs made out of simple everyday household items, but, that's purely conjecture on my part with nothing on which to base it.
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Baitball Blogger
Jul 2012
OP
Maybe we need a better dispatch center to keep track of the bulk sales?
Baitball Blogger
Jul 2012
#3
Bulk sales IMO would start at 5000 or 10,000 rounds of the same kind
ProgressiveProfessor
Jul 2012
#14
I wish Storage Wars would air the number of times they opened one of those
Baitball Blogger
Jul 2012
#18
Is there a difference between someone on "Hoarders" and someone who stockpiles ammo?
LonePirate
Jul 2012
#5
You might have a percentage of gun owners that fall in the range of hoarders
Baitball Blogger
Jul 2012
#16
Make sure you keep that post. Next time someone says "Nobody wants to ban guns"
shadowrider
Jul 2012
#50
If I have to choose between fighting a big fight or years of incrementalism, I'll take the big fight
Atypical Liberal
Jul 2012
#102
I don't think that public safety and personal freedom are conflicting interests.
NewMoonTherian
Jul 2012
#68
I do forsee the day when these things will be handled without our knowledge.
Baitball Blogger
Jul 2012
#74
When 9/11 occurred, Republicans were the first to support the Patriot Act, which flagellated
Baitball Blogger
Jul 2012
#87
I don't approve of legislation that further reduces gun/ammo buyers' privacy.
NewMoonTherian
Jul 2012
#6
The problem is that 70 people were shot in a theater. Not guns, not mental health, not his mother.
Starboard Tack
Jul 2012
#39
This theater WAS AND IS a gun free zone. The shooter must not have seen the sign.
shadowrider
Jul 2012
#40
Enter an established gun free zone (urban area eg.) with a gun, go to jail for a long time.
Starboard Tack
Jul 2012
#116
The problem is that such laws require some subjective definition of what is considered a bulk buy.
Clames
Jul 2012
#34
You mean, he might have resorted to making bombs, rather than to go out on a shooting rampage.
Baitball Blogger
Jul 2012
#19
We're not sure at this point what kind of explosives they are. C4 would have gotten
shadowrider
Jul 2012
#25
Fertilizer in bulk. Nothing would stop him from legally buying enough in small quantities
shadowrider
Jul 2012
#23
Why don't we restrict the number of rounds you can buy in a certain time frame?
upaloopa
Jul 2012
#26
M-14, M-16, M-60 Machine gun, m-79 gernade launcher,1911 Colt 45 automatic, M-50 machine gun
upaloopa
Jul 2012
#63
Just pointing out obvious mistakes that make your post questionable
ProgressiveProfessor
Jul 2012
#97
Try a 20" bullseye at 600yds,20 shots, with no scope. Then get back to bragging.
oneshooter
Jul 2012
#62
Muzzle loading black powder Kentucky long rifles, used only for hunting, of course, are the only
bluedigger
Jul 2012
#54
Had a real nice Cavalry carbine. sold it to a collector for a lot more than I paid for it.
oneshooter
Jul 2012
#81
I'd rather tax money support mental illness programs and initiatives to thwart mass killings.
aikoaiko
Jul 2012
#32
There is very little regulation in buying the materials needed for a fertilizer bomb
Kaleva
Jul 2012
#61
Practically speaking, someone can't carry/use more than a few hundred at a time...
benEzra
Jul 2012
#110